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Im 15 weeks and 4 days pregnant ?

I wanna find out the gender my doctor is not gonna do an ultrasound till I'm 19 weeks to find out the gender I was just wondering if I went somewhere else to get an ultrasound done if medcaid will cover it or do I have to pay out of my pocket I'm not gonna get a 3d I'm just gonna get a 2d .

well...I'm not sure if they'll be able to tell...But I had to get an ultrasound done because I was having bad pains in my tummy and it was a second ultra sound that medicaid had to pay for, so I know they will pay for it...

Gender determination ultrasounds are optional, so no insurance or Medicaid will cover those. You'd have to pay out of pocket, or just wait until you had your anatomy scan around 20 weeks to see the baby's goods. If I were you, I'd just wait, since earlier ultrasounds for gender prediction are more likely to be wrong. An ultrasound at 20 weeks is much more likely to be correct for gender determination since the external genitalia have formed to a much more obviously visible state.

Most, if not all, insurance companies that I know of -- private as well as Medicaid -- will only cover ultrasounds in excess of the early first ultrasound and possibly a second anatomy scan if it's medically indicated, meaning there has to be a reason for it besides just wanting it. You can pay out of pocket and bypass insurance completely, or you can check colleges in your area for ultrasound tech training programs and see about getting a note from your doctor to do one there for free (for training purposes, so no guarantees about what they say). Either way, I'd wait until the mid-term ultrasound to pin your guesses on one gender or the other. There's a reason they don't try to guess before then. :)